NUCLEAR POWER - Fukushima One Year Later

"Near Fukushima, a Big 'Guessing Game' Over Radiation's Long-Term Risks" PBS Newshour 3/9/2012 (Series Part-1)

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RAY SUAREZ (Newshour): Sunday will mark a year since the massive earthquake and tsunami struck Japan. The pair of tragic events killed as many as 20,000 people, and led to the partial meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plants.

The Japanese government is expected to be cleaning up radiation for years, and nearly 90,000 residents in an evacuation zone had to leave their homes, likely forever.

NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien recently returned to the area for a series of reports one year later.

Here's the first.

"Fukushima Survivor: 'I've Hardly Smiled This Whole Year' (Part-1)"
PBS Newshour 3/9/2012


Fukushima Survivor: 'I've Hardly Smiled This Whole Year' (Part-2)